Three Kingdoms: I don’t want to fall in love in troubled times

Chapter 77 Turning Up
Even now, Lu Lingqi often thinks of that distant afternoon when her father took her on horseback to chase the sunset after he became the chief clerk.

At that time, the Lu family lived in Jiuyuan County, Wuyuan County. This county was located at the northern end of Bingzhou and shared a grassland with relatively abundant water and grass with the nearby Shuofang, Yunzhong, and Yanmen.

The head of the family, Lu Bu, was a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old. He would go out with his flock at dawn every day and only rush home when it was almost dark.

There was no other way. Other herders had taken advantage of the high-quality pastures near Jiuyuan County. Lu Bu, who couldn't afford a horse, could only take his sheep on foot for a long time, to far away and inaccessible places, so that they could have a good meal.

"You have to have a good horse."

At night, when they were having a great harmony of life in the tent, Lu Bu suddenly said this, and his wife Yan's low singing was interrupted.

"Sick." His wife pushed him slightly with dissatisfaction, but still discussed the matter seriously, "Our family can't afford to pay taxes, how can we buy a good horse?"

As the northern border, Wuyuan County has a lot of good horses, but most of them are under the control of the Liusheyuan Order of the official camp and the Ma Cheng of the county. They serve as post horses in peacetime and military horses in wartime.

Buying horses from private hands in the horse market is not only expensive, but they are usually yong horses imported from the southern Xiongnu. They are better at enduring hardships and are only suitable for grazing and traveling.

"I'm sure I can get it!" Lu Bu disagreed. Thinking about his own ambitions, he only felt uncomfortable in the stinking tent, so he stood up and rubbed Lu Lingqi's sleeping little face, "Sister, when you get married, Father will give you the best horse in the county, do you think it’s okay?”

Yan from behind gave him an angrily kick, "I finally fell asleep, and you woke her up, but I was the unlucky one!"

Fortunately, Lu Lingqi, who was still a baby, had already become accustomed to the noise every night, and her sleep quality was extremely high, which made Yan feel relieved.

She rolled her eyes charmingly at her husband, "Have you had enough trouble?"

"Absolutely." The young man Lu Bu nodded.

"I haven't had enough trouble yet."

So I had no sleep all night.

The next day Lu Bu set off to the county to find out where he could get a good horse.

"The good horses are all in the official pasture!" - Most of the answers he got were like this.

"Your horse looks good," Lu Bu asked a young man passing by, "Was it raised on a government-run ranch?"

"The official ranch regularly cleans out some bad horses and old horses." Seeing that he was well-groomed, the young master patiently chatted for a few more words, "If you have money and no one comes to check you, you can naturally buy them. "

In a word, he showed off his family's financial resources and power.

Hearing this, Lu Bu looked at the horse for a while, raised his head and said, "But this is neither a bad horse nor an old horse."

"What's this?" Young Master smiled reservedly, "If the descendants of the Taiyuan Wang family want it, they can get any good horse!"

"What if I don't have much money and I'm not a descendant of the Wang family?" Lu Bu was a little depressed. Why did he have so many tricks to buy a horse?

"Then join the army and choose a knight, and the government will give you free gifts!" the young master replied.

It's just a matter of life.

It is indeed easy for children from border counties to be chosen as knights, and those from good families may even have the chance to be transferred to Luoyang to join the Yulin Army.

As locals, they have a thorough knowledge of the geography and customs of their hometown and the surrounding Hu people. In addition, they are good at riding and shooting. Once they defend their homeland and country, they will become the backbone of the frontier army.

The conditions for joining the army are also very simple, as long as you are proficient in bow and horse.

Among them, bow and arrow are the most important means of combat, and they are also the main daily training content of the frontier army. An archery test is held every autumn, called "Autumn Archery" or "Du Test", which is usually held in mid-August.

In order to pass the shooting test, one must hit six out of twelve arrows, which is called "Cheng" or "Dang"; if the number is lower than this number, an explanation is required, which is called "Yuan Shu"; if the number is hit more than six times, it will be considered as a "Yuan Shu". Remember "labor". Every time you exceed one arrow, you will be remembered for fifteen days of labor. If you work hard, you will be promoted.

He couldn't get a horse, but he could still get a bow and arrow.

From then on, Lu Bu would bring a bow and arrow with him when he went out to herd cattle.

It's unfair that he's gifted at so many things.

Such as explosive physical talent, such as exceeding the time of ordinary people. In this regard, you can ask Yan for details. After all, men cannot brag.

But his talent in archery is truly astonishing.At first, he went home for herding, and occasionally brought back antelopes and roe deer, common prey on the grasslands. His wife, Yan, was very happy about this. Not only did the family have no shortage of food, but there was also a lot of surplus.

Since Lu Lingqi was weaned, she has never been short of meat.

Over the years, Lu Bu became more and more familiar with this skill, and things soon developed to the point where wherever he went, all the prey within sight had nowhere to escape. The only reason he could survive was that he couldn't hold it anymore.

The things he brought home gradually became more and more bizarre.

Like an eagle with a hole in its body.

"What's the use of this thing?" Yan asked him.

"Let's play with my sister." Lu Bu silently placed the dead eagle in Lu Lingqi's hand.

"What about this one?" Yan pointed to a snake with its tail nailed and still spitting out messages, "Is it also for my sister to play with?"

"I'm playing, I'm playing," Lu Bu laughed and put the snake into the bag.

He still looked mostly like a teenager, except for the slight green stubble that was starting to grow.

At this time, the herdsman Lu Bu was already a well-known hunter in the county. As long as life continues like this, saving enough money to buy a good horse does not seem to be a far-off thing.

As for joining the army?

When Yan refused, he stopped thinking about it.

This was also the happiest childhood period for Lu Lingqi. Her father could bring her some gadgets that ordinary boys dream of every day.

Well, alive.

Girls develop early, and her figure quickly grew taller than other girls of the same age.

If it can continue like this, there seems to be nothing wrong with it. With his superb shooting, Lu Bu will not starve his family wherever he goes. They may become a good Orion family in Jiuyuan County.

Until one day, Lu Bu brought nothing back.

Lu Lingqi, who was still a child, panicked - there was a lot of blood on her father's body.

His wife Yan was shocked and asked him what was going on.

"I met a small group of wolves." Lu Bu's expression was extremely cold and he took off his clothes as if nothing had happened. "After running out of arrows, there were still a few beasts that refused to retreat, so I strangled them all to death with a bowstring."

Yan was frightened for a while, while Lu Lingqi clearly saw her father's legs shaking slightly due to the viewing angle.

Later she learned that people only behave like this when they are extremely excited.

"I've thought about it," he stretched out his hand mixed with wolf blood and his own blood, with unquestionable majesty in his words, "I want to join the army."

Yan didn't say anything else this time and turned around to pack his luggage.

After joining the army, Lu Bu gained a great reputation, and everyone in the Bingzhou army knew it.

Every autumn, there are countless men waiting to see him appear and perform miracles with perfect shots. Occasionally, the Huns from the north go south to thresh the grass valley, which is the stage where Lu Fengxian of Jiuyuan harvests his life.

The sound of bows makes people fall.

On weekdays, the officers and soldiers of the frontier army need to learn to read and write "diary books" to record the enemy's situation, which is the so-called "Jin Hou Wang", and Lu Bu also learned well.

At this point, it can be said that he is both civil and military.

The new governor Ding Yuan also served as the cavalry captain. Hearing about Jiuyuan Lu Fengxian's name, he personally went north to the army to invite him.

The gears of fate began to turn.

Lu Bu, whose courtesy name was Fengxian, was from Wuyuan and Jiuyuan.Use bows, horses, and martial arts to Bingzhou.The governor, Ding, was originally a cavalry captain. He was stationed in Hanoi and used cloth as his main book. He often saw personal attendants. ——"The Biography of Liu Yan, Yuan Shu, and Lu Bu in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty"

(End of this chapter)